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policy present. he tended to listen arguably to people who really wanted to precipitate the war, perhaps he moved impetuously regarding wmds. and inexperienced leadership as in later on the intelligence was proven not to have been there. now, here's the fun part, if you're trying to get these ideas and compare them, the lord of the rings has its own decrepe tuesday to talk about as well. remember gandolf? actually, he has no official position. other leaders won't listen to him. the two monarchs from the kingdom i have referenced, they have in one -- by an agent. another wizard who i had mentioned. beganful to is fighting furiously. he's pursuing the get these leaders to listen to him. we're going to be really in a deep, dark place if we do not prepare properly for the war that's coming, and for various kinds of complex reasons, the incompetence weakens the people and makes them more prone to a war they will lose. notice the comparison with iraq and 1914 is really quite apt. you've got weak leadership
policy present. he tended to listen arguably to people who really wanted to precipitate the war, perhaps he moved impetuously regarding wmds. and inexperienced leadership as in later on the intelligence was proven not to have been there. now, here's the fun part, if you're trying to get these ideas and compare them, the lord of the rings has its own decrepe tuesday to talk about as well. remember gandolf? actually, he has no official position. other leaders won't listen to him. the two monarchs...
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number one economic issue, it's our number-one foreign policy issue. it's going to determine our influence in the world and our ability to shape the international dialogue. >> rose: this is the "economist," every year at the end of the year, 2012, they put together a forecast for 2013. guess what was in it here? "what washington must do now: an eight-point plan to restore american competitiveness." we're going to touch on the eight point which is i have here and they are obvious. it clearly looks like the people who write the speeches for the president, the people who help him look at his agenda for the next four years have read some of these ideas. any feedback from the white house about this? >> we have lots of contact with lots of different people. we've been connected with the president's jobs council. we have a lot of alignment with jeff immelt and his -- >> rose: yeah. >> my former student, i'm proud to say. so there's been a lot of cross talk and gene sperling and the economic team. so i think we've -- sour commitment at the school was to engage
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foreign policies overseas. it's creating resentment that creates more problems for the united states. it is an exponential growth factor in resentment and that is extremely dangerous. i think it can begin with a simple question, the united states as a government would not accept mexico carrying out a drone strike on u.s. soil if there was a drug lord that went into texas and posed a security threat for mexico. the united states has to start dealing with countries in a different way to produce a different result. you can't justify killing one individual at the expense of civilians which at some estimates reached thousands. >> ayman mohyeldin, bringing the truth as usual. great to see you. please, take care of yourself. we hope to hear from you soon and safety. >>> coming up, too little, too late, right on time, or futile to even begin with? president obama plans to break bread with republicans in a bid for compromise, but is crossing the aisle the answer or is it more about just good, old-fashioned partisan domi
foreign policies overseas. it's creating resentment that creates more problems for the united states. it is an exponential growth factor in resentment and that is extremely dangerous. i think it can begin with a simple question, the united states as a government would not accept mexico carrying out a drone strike on u.s. soil if there was a drug lord that went into texas and posed a security threat for mexico. the united states has to start dealing with countries in a different way to produce a...
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ike was in charge of foreign policy. but it was useful to use dulles as the bad cop. so the famous massive retaliation speech in which dulles said if the soviets try anything, basically, we're going to nuke 'em or words to that effect, everybody thought that was dell lues' speech. we found out years later by looking in the speech files thattizen hour had written the -- that eisenhower had written the key paragraph. but he wanted dulles to give the speech. so it was useful for ike to use john foster dulles as sort of the heavy. now, dulles occasionally got a little too heavy and said things that were incendiary and problematic. more problematic for ike was alan dulles, john foster dulles' brother who was the head of cia. a relationship entirely too cozy. and alan dulles was a huge risk taker. and at first some of these risks seemed to work. the coups in guatemala and iran which today look horrible but at the time looked like a way to contain communism on the cheap. they looked like they worked, they were success. this sure is better than sending in whole armies to do t
ike was in charge of foreign policy. but it was useful to use dulles as the bad cop. so the famous massive retaliation speech in which dulles said if the soviets try anything, basically, we're going to nuke 'em or words to that effect, everybody thought that was dell lues' speech. we found out years later by looking in the speech files thattizen hour had written the -- that eisenhower had written the key paragraph. but he wanted dulles to give the speech. so it was useful for ike to use john...
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it's better for "o" to talk foreign policy than thed bydies on "the view." >> i have ad bydd a biddy for y. come see me. >> greg: i love whoopi. first, chavez, now behar. a bad week for communists. when you are around people who agree with you constantly you say stupid things because no one is saying shut up. maybe she finds new friends. >> andrea: i thought she took a slap at her co-host and the show in general that employed her for 17 years. i want to do an intelligent show and talk about smart things. >> dana: i think it can be read that way but i doubt that is how she meant it. >> she is one of the only original members of the show. >> eric: on the way over here, "us weekly" is reporting that elizabeth hasselbeck is leaving as well. >> andrea: her contract is up. >> eric: who is left? >> andrea: i think she was funny. she was good. in the last couple of years she is too partisan. too bitter for the morning. >> greg: sad day for america. like when mickey dolans left the beatles. "the view" won't be the same. >> andrea: speaking of bitter, chris ma chews have words for republicans
it's better for "o" to talk foreign policy than thed bydies on "the view." >> i have ad bydd a biddy for y. come see me. >> greg: i love whoopi. first, chavez, now behar. a bad week for communists. when you are around people who agree with you constantly you say stupid things because no one is saying shut up. maybe she finds new friends. >> andrea: i thought she took a slap at her co-host and the show in general that employed her for 17 years. i want to do...
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foreign policy, normally like, you know, the glass jar of democratic candidates, and he was drawn on it, and what we see is a doubling down almost on the policies. you know, eric holder came to san fransisco for a meeting that muslim advocates put on, questioned about the sting operations insisting these are a legitimate law enforcement tool to find terrorists. what we've seen under obama, and i think there's been hesitancy by the press to really be critical of this has been increase in surveillance, warrant taps, the amount of warrantless surveillance we see. the fbi, when they believe there's a threat, has 72 hours to did through e-mail, your trash, go through any kind of digital rem inapt that you may be involved in terrorism. there's an explosion of that. google releases the amount of government requests it gets. what we've seen is a strong stance in obama in defending these actions. there's a steady increase in the types of cases, and look at the initial mother jones investigation, there's a year of data since then, and the percentage of informants that are agent provocateurs co
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he has softened i think some of his father's views around foreign policy, but on this drone issue, obviously, he was able to make a lot of noise and push this to the forefront of the conversation, certainly a lot of buzz on twitter. i think he did his future presidential prospects some good. >> great to talk to both of you. thanks. >>> thank you. >>> today finally we expect to have the start of the conclave. cardinals say they will vote in the afternoon session. the spokesperson today said conventionally wisdom is the conclave to elect a new pope won't go on too long. >> once they have done their work in these general congregations, had a lot of chance to talk outside as well, even when some afternoons they immediate, some they haven't, they do have the informal time. they can start shaping things up there. at that point when they get into the sistine, it's really just down to voting. >> officials say the conclave will likely start early next week, with cardinals hoping to be home for holy week and easter. and everyone likes 50% more... [ midwestern/chicago accent ] cheddar! yeah! 50 percent
he has softened i think some of his father's views around foreign policy, but on this drone issue, obviously, he was able to make a lot of noise and push this to the forefront of the conversation, certainly a lot of buzz on twitter. i think he did his future presidential prospects some good. >> great to talk to both of you. thanks. >>> thank you. >>> today finally we expect to have the start of the conclave. cardinals say they will vote in the afternoon session. the...
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. >> i think a republican candidate, not necessarily me, a fiscal conservative, a foreign policy conservative, but is a social not even progressive, a social moderate, open to, open to choice, open to gay rights, gay marriage, maybe yes, maybe no, but certainly civil unions and protection against discrimination, i think a candidate like that is almost unbeatable. >> but c pac is not embracing that sort of thing. >> you can't get nominated. >> you can't nominate a candidate like that. >> democratic party used to have this problem back in the '80s, when the new democratic coalition emerged. al gore, bill clinton. the best example of that. >> they said to those who were -- you're out there. can you form your own party. >> give us a guy that can save something like we're going to end welfare as we know it. an old-line liberal could not have gotten nominated. now bill clinton says let's end welfare as we know it. >> do you think republicans can do that? >> that happens when people start to get desperate. because -- they see themselves with no influence on policy for years. i don't know if we're qu
. >> i think a republican candidate, not necessarily me, a fiscal conservative, a foreign policy conservative, but is a social not even progressive, a social moderate, open to, open to choice, open to gay rights, gay marriage, maybe yes, maybe no, but certainly civil unions and protection against discrimination, i think a candidate like that is almost unbeatable. >> but c pac is not embracing that sort of thing. >> you can't get nominated. >> you can't nominate a...
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his quote was, it's better for o to talk to foreign policy rather than those biddies on "the view." >> i got a biddy for you, mac. come see me. >> oooo. >> i want to say it. what's wrong with biddies? first chavez, now behar. she suffers from something called liberal blind spot syndrome. when you're around people who agree with you constantly, youe tend to say really stupid things because no one is saying shut up. t so maybe she'll find new friends. >> i thought she took a bit of a slap at her co-hosts and the show iner general that has employed her for 17 years. she said i want to do an intelligent show and talk about things? >> i think it could be read that way. but i doubt that's how she read it. >> 17 years. >> she has been on the show for 17 years. >> that's a generation. >> she's one of the only original members of the show. eric? >> i'm just pointing out that on the way over here, us weekly is reporting that elizabeth hasselbeck is leaving as well. >> her contract is up. >> is it? >> coming up, it is up. >> who is left? >> it's going to be -- >> i actually joy behar was funny.
his quote was, it's better for o to talk to foreign policy rather than those biddies on "the view." >> i got a biddy for you, mac. come see me. >> oooo. >> i want to say it. what's wrong with biddies? first chavez, now behar. she suffers from something called liberal blind spot syndrome. when you're around people who agree with you constantly, youe tend to say really stupid things because no one is saying shut up. t so maybe she'll find new friends. >> i...
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. >> a republican candidate, not necessarily me, a fiscal conservative, call him a foreign policy conservative for shorthanded, but is a social, not even progressive but social moderate. open to choice, open to gay rights, gay marriage, maybe yes, maybe no, but certainly civil unions and protection against discrimination. i think a candidate like that is almost unbeatable. >> but the pacs don't embrace that. >> this is a chicken and egg thing. can't nominate a candidate like that. democratic party used to have this problem in the '80s, that's when the new democratic coalition emerged. >> basically they said to those on the fringe, form your own party if you want, do something else. >> give us a guy who can say we'll end welfare as we know it, an old-line liberal could not have nominated that. but bill clinton says let's end welfare as we know it. >> do you think the republican ds can do that? >> that happens when people start to get desperate because they see themselves with no influence on policy for years. i don't know if we're igt quite there yet but we may be there. >> would you be open to
. >> a republican candidate, not necessarily me, a fiscal conservative, call him a foreign policy conservative for shorthanded, but is a social, not even progressive but social moderate. open to choice, open to gay rights, gay marriage, maybe yes, maybe no, but certainly civil unions and protection against discrimination. i think a candidate like that is almost unbeatable. >> but the pacs don't embrace that. >> this is a chicken and egg thing. can't nominate a candidate like...
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when it comes to foreign policy from the libertarian side. you've got a bunch of young senators who are not afraid to go off the old establishment. there are pictures in the "new york times," as you pointed out, two of them in the elevator, those elevators are very big. in this case i don't think it was quite big enough because senator mccain, when he's angry, and i think it was fair to say he was angry yesterday, he doesn't hide it very well. and rand paul is fearless. like mike lee of utah, like some of these younger republican senators, ted cruz, they're not afraid of older senators. they're willing to kind of break some china, and mccain and lindsey graham are coming right back at him, as you said, in support of a democratic president. >> john, what'd you see yesterday? >> well, i think, it's interesting, the times says in its headline, that the drone debate scrambles both left and right. there are a set of issues, and particularly issues that revolve around civil liberties, where the standard issues don't work very well. you have pat lea
when it comes to foreign policy from the libertarian side. you've got a bunch of young senators who are not afraid to go off the old establishment. there are pictures in the "new york times," as you pointed out, two of them in the elevator, those elevators are very big. in this case i don't think it was quite big enough because senator mccain, when he's angry, and i think it was fair to say he was angry yesterday, he doesn't hide it very well. and rand paul is fearless. like mike lee...
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say it prevents skilled american workers from getting jobs it also allows greedy employers to pay a foreign employee less than their american counterpart so as lawmakers start to consider changes to the country's immigration policy they should take another look at what it says on the statue of liberty. happy friday everyone five o'clock will be here before you know it just about a forty five minutes on d.c. time anyway and for many people that means heading to happy hour with a few friends that now we're kind of stores heard a lot of cool blue last week about the allegations that brewing giant giant and highs are bush was watering down its beers those allegations turned out to be not true so our beer bellies can breathe a sigh of relief but maybe the headline wasn't focusing on the right issue the beer under scrutiny was budweiser and arguably all american brand. has made that it wasn't made in the u.s. in fact a lot of our most iconic american products aren't being manufactured here so let's bring in comedian dan wilbur to talk about this hey there dan do you care where your beer is from s
say it prevents skilled american workers from getting jobs it also allows greedy employers to pay a foreign employee less than their american counterpart so as lawmakers start to consider changes to the country's immigration policy they should take another look at what it says on the statue of liberty. happy friday everyone five o'clock will be here before you know it just about a forty five minutes on d.c. time anyway and for many people that means heading to happy hour with a few friends that...
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it's called "foreign policy begins at home." i say the biggest national security threat now facing the united states, it's not china, it's not iran, it's not north korea, it's not climate change. these are all significant threats. the biggest national security threat facing the united states for the immediate future is what is is going on inside the united states. the fact we're not dealing with our deficit or our debt, that our economy is growing at less than half -- roughly about half its historical rate. our k through 12 schools are a scandal. our infrastructure is breaking down and so forth and so on. unless we fix the domestic sources of american power we're not going to be in a position to begin to deal with all the challenges beyond our borders. unless we get it right here at home, how are we going to set an example that the rest of the world is going to want to emulate? unless we get it right here at home, how are we going to reduce our vulnerability say to a chinese decision to stop financing our debt? so we've got to d
it's called "foreign policy begins at home." i say the biggest national security threat now facing the united states, it's not china, it's not iran, it's not north korea, it's not climate change. these are all significant threats. the biggest national security threat facing the united states for the immediate future is what is is going on inside the united states. the fact we're not dealing with our deficit or our debt, that our economy is growing at less than half -- roughly about...
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the province of foreign policies, where you look to build your legacy. on all this fiscal issues, it looks like it will be the work of the next president because there's not going to be a deal done. >> all right. joe also challenged krugman's ideas about government spending. >> basically, any kind of spending cut right now is going to hurt the economy. >> entitlements or not? >> whether it's entitlements or not. even if it's wasteful defense spending it's going to hurt the economy if you cut it right now, which doesn't mean we shouldn't be looking for ways to cure waste. right now, spending is spending. if we -- so do the kind of entitlement reform i want and stop overpaying for medicare, stop paying for unnecessary treatments. that's clearly something we want to do in the long run. right now it's going to mean less income for hospitals. it's going to be a problem for the economy. >> i don't think spending is spending. not all dollars -- not all investments are created equally. >> then you just don't understand what it means to be a depressed economy. ho
the province of foreign policies, where you look to build your legacy. on all this fiscal issues, it looks like it will be the work of the next president because there's not going to be a deal done. >> all right. joe also challenged krugman's ideas about government spending. >> basically, any kind of spending cut right now is going to hurt the economy. >> entitlements or not? >> whether it's entitlements or not. even if it's wasteful defense spending it's going to hurt...
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foreign policy decisions made at that time were really a shining moment for u.s. foreign policy. and the recommendations that macarthur made to washington after fellers' recommendations to him i think were very -- he was looking down the field and looking at the big picture. there was a lot of pressure to remove the emperor and to put him on trial. because of pearl harbor and because of, you know, the japanese aggression. >> i talked to david of "homeland." he said he began to study everything about the cia. for you, did you begin to look at other examples when america had to make a decision? saddam hussein in iraq? now you are making a decision about the future of the country? >> you know, i didn't. i really just focused on this specific moment we were dealing with. i did a lot of research on fellers. i read all the reports. the film had done an amazing amount of research up to that point. i felt like it was represented in the script. i had the luxury of nobody really knows bonner fellers. so, you know, as an actor you sort of walk this line of how much you're going to use the r
foreign policy decisions made at that time were really a shining moment for u.s. foreign policy. and the recommendations that macarthur made to washington after fellers' recommendations to him i think were very -- he was looking down the field and looking at the big picture. there was a lot of pressure to remove the emperor and to put him on trial. because of pearl harbor and because of, you know, the japanese aggression. >> i talked to david of "homeland." he said he began to...
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policy miter be -- might beginning natural gas imports. so we would be going from importing liquefied natural as if to exporting natural gas. right now there are currently 15 permits to export l.n.g. pending before the secretary chu, the department of energy, the natural gas act requires the department to issue such a permit upon application unless it will not be consistent with the public -- with the public's interest. well, what could be inconsistent with this with the public interest? this is something that would be cheaper gas for us, give us total independence in a matter of weeks. congress, when it wrote the natural gas act, understood that the export of american products is good for the nation. it supports domestic industry, it creates jobs, it transfers wealth from overseas back to the united states. it's all good for us. a recent report commissioned by d.o.e. to assist in -- it in making its determination agreed with this. they state, and i'm reading now from the d.o.e. report, they said -- quote -- "across the scenarios examine
policy miter be -- might beginning natural gas imports. so we would be going from importing liquefied natural as if to exporting natural gas. right now there are currently 15 permits to export l.n.g. pending before the secretary chu, the department of energy, the natural gas act requires the department to issue such a permit upon application unless it will not be consistent with the public -- with the public's interest. well, what could be inconsistent with this with the public interest? this...
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the united states, especially in foreign policy, is not a great nation. it is an interventionist state. it is extremely aggressive militarily. we mess with other people's politics in ways that i cannot imagine americans tolerating. a imagine if the country invaded us to bring us their system of government the way we did in barack bank. can you imagine americans thinking that is okay? we still have a myth that people are thrilled when we invade them. that is insane. i believe 99% of the time we create new enemies. host: she has made an -- made a career as an advocate for world peace. >> washington journal continues. host: our guest now mona yacoubian, who is a senior middle east adviser and stimson center. guest: the u.s. has decided to increase assistance to the syrian opposition and for the first time provide not only full aid to the armed opposition. that represents an important qualitative shift in the ways which u.s. are supporting the syrian opposition. host: what effect will this have on the fighting that guest: no effect on the fighting. i think it
the united states, especially in foreign policy, is not a great nation. it is an interventionist state. it is extremely aggressive militarily. we mess with other people's politics in ways that i cannot imagine americans tolerating. a imagine if the country invaded us to bring us their system of government the way we did in barack bank. can you imagine americans thinking that is okay? we still have a myth that people are thrilled when we invade them. that is insane. i believe 99% of the time we...
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it gave him a chance to run a really active foreign policy. he essentially had his own agency for international development. and he would put billions of dollars through subsidized oil and the rest into places like cuba, nicaragaragua and so fort. his vision for latin america that was extraordinarily radical. he was not democratic, to say the least. he, again, was an extreme populist. he consolidated power. he hurt institutions within venezuela. my own hunch is he did not put venezuela on anything like a long-term trajectory to sustain his own vision because so much of it, again, was simply because of fuel and higher oil prices. so i think venezuela and the region now faces a long period of uncertainty. my hunch is, though, his own guy will win the election. he does have a lot of popular support. but he didn't, again, economically or politically, put this country on a long-term track that can be sustained. the economy is in a real mess with inflation, with extraordinarily high levels of debt. it's all based upon oil. so big question marks. and
it gave him a chance to run a really active foreign policy. he essentially had his own agency for international development. and he would put billions of dollars through subsidized oil and the rest into places like cuba, nicaragaragua and so fort. his vision for latin america that was extraordinarily radical. he was not democratic, to say the least. he, again, was an extreme populist. he consolidated power. he hurt institutions within venezuela. my own hunch is he did not put venezuela on...
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policy means one that's less welcoming to iran and its efforts to avoid international sanctions and use venezuela's uranium reserves for its nuclear program. it's one less friendly to russia and castro's cuba and regimes around which financed their campaigns and other aspects. this is a potentially huge change. >> brian: the country suffers from lack of electricity. 70% of the food has to be imported. they're a country that is rich in oil! there is no reason for it. you remember what he did in 2006 and that we talked about, our president did, even upset charlie rangel who said how disrespectful this was to have a guy up there ranting about the united states of america in america. >> steve: the devil. >> gretchen: interesting to see how this plays out in the coming weeks. you know what you can't bring on airplanes, right? you have to take off your shoes in most cases in security. you still can't bring liquids through. but starting april 25, you can bring your ski poles, your golf clubs and knives. yes. all these different varieties of knives are going to be allowed now on the airplan
policy means one that's less welcoming to iran and its efforts to avoid international sanctions and use venezuela's uranium reserves for its nuclear program. it's one less friendly to russia and castro's cuba and regimes around which financed their campaigns and other aspects. this is a potentially huge change. >> brian: the country suffers from lack of electricity. 70% of the food has to be imported. they're a country that is rich in oil! there is no reason for it. you remember what he...
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policy magazine recently. ambassador joseph served as the special envoy for six-party talks with north korea in 2003. from 2010 to 2012, he was the director of the national counterproliferation center. and without objection, the witnesses' full--prepared statements will be made part of the record, but i'm going to ask each to summarize your testimony to five minutes, and we'll begin with dr. asher. >> chairman royce, ranking member engel and other distinguished members of the committee, i want to thank you sincerely for this opportunity to testify on a matter of truly grave concern, the growing nuclear proliferation risk of the north korean regime and the need for a fundamental new policy approach to comprehensively address that threat that north korea poses to asia and the world. in short, our diplomatic efforts which i was part of along with ambassadorty tranny and the six-party talks have objectively failed. unfortunately, so have our effort ors to counter the proliferation activities and nuclear procuremen
policy magazine recently. ambassador joseph served as the special envoy for six-party talks with north korea in 2003. from 2010 to 2012, he was the director of the national counterproliferation center. and without objection, the witnesses' full--prepared statements will be made part of the record, but i'm going to ask each to summarize your testimony to five minutes, and we'll begin with dr. asher. >> chairman royce, ranking member engel and other distinguished members of the committee, i...
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but the united states especially in its foreign policy, which is what i worked on for years and years is not the great nation. it is an interventionist state, it is aggressive militaryly. we mess with other people's politics in ways that i can't imagine americans tolerating. imagine if son come invaded us to bring their type of government like we did in iraq, for example. somehow we still in this country have a myth that people are thrilled when we invade them. that's insane. i believe 99% of the time we create new enemies. >> self-described as left liberal she has made a career as an advocate for world peace. more on sunday night's "q and a." >> on filibuster john brennan, president obama's nominee for c.i.a. director. a kentucky senator rand paul has been leading the filibuster for more than 10 hours now. paul read from articles about the expanded use of the unmanned weapons that have become the center piece of the president obama's administration against al qaeda suspects. the filibuster started at 11:45 a.m. when senator paul outlined the reasons for the filibuster. >> i would lik
but the united states especially in its foreign policy, which is what i worked on for years and years is not the great nation. it is an interventionist state, it is aggressive militaryly. we mess with other people's politics in ways that i can't imagine americans tolerating. imagine if son come invaded us to bring their type of government like we did in iraq, for example. somehow we still in this country have a myth that people are thrilled when we invade them. that's insane. i believe 99% of...
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policy establishment, and in the citizenry. >> guest: well, you know, i think there's still a shocking kind of lack of knowledge of both of these countries. iraq, obviously, less important now that we don't have troops there. we're getting out of afghanistan, but there really -- the start of these conflicts, at the height of them, there really wasn't the sort of rich nuanced knowledge of these countries, they're societies, their traditions, cultures, that we need to be able to engage in these things with some prospect of a meaningful outcome. and that exists -- the fault here is within the academy? within the think tank world ask the outside of government world, and then inside government, inside the intelligence community, inside the worlds of dip diploma si and foreign aide. shockingly few people with the necessary language skills, the necessary regional expertise. we just haven't built that talent, nor did we -- once the war started, nor did we mobilize people quickly enough. did we really have no to have an army of pashtun speakers in 2000? no once got into afghanistan, where was t
policy establishment, and in the citizenry. >> guest: well, you know, i think there's still a shocking kind of lack of knowledge of both of these countries. iraq, obviously, less important now that we don't have troops there. we're getting out of afghanistan, but there really -- the start of these conflicts, at the height of them, there really wasn't the sort of rich nuanced knowledge of these countries, they're societies, their traditions, cultures, that we need to be able to engage in...
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. >> i was out of the country in a foreign country. i was going back through security. guys looked at me and laughed. we do do that here. we don't do any of that here. >> there is a policy where our airlines are allowing you to take pocket knives on board. as of now you may be able to take your pocket knife. we have a flight attendant coming up who is opposed the policy of being able to bring knives. >> the new york post makes a point that you are already allowed to bring scissors and knitting kneeleds. >> you bring a knitting needle on a plane to worry about your cork screw it's a tough one. >> tell us what you think about the policies. what else is happening at this hour. this morning we are hearing the conclusion at the moment that two planes collided at jfk airport yesterday. >> got turked around really good. i don't know what happened if somebody just hit us or what? >> it just landed when the wing went into a jetblue plane sitting at the gate. the planes were taken out of service to be inspected. xho another federal employee claiming the obama administration wants
. >> i was out of the country in a foreign country. i was going back through security. guys looked at me and laughed. we do do that here. we don't do any of that here. >> there is a policy where our airlines are allowing you to take pocket knives on board. as of now you may be able to take your pocket knife. we have a flight attendant coming up who is opposed the policy of being able to bring knives. >> the new york post makes a point that you are already allowed to bring...
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so we're continuing to root out more of the details about our policies and i can tell you, wolf, that this debate and in washington, d.c., it's just beginning and consistent with foreign soil. let's begin with yemen where the u.s. had an attack on anwar al awlaki. >> i can think of many instances, wolf, if you're talking about an american that is taking up arms against the united states, i can think of plenty of instances where our country needs to use lethal force to deal with that kind of particular situation. what we're going to have to flesh out is, for example, what happens if our country has the wrong person or somebody thinks that they don't belong to one of these groups and the government does? those are some of the issues that we need to address. i've continued to say my bottom line is that every american wants to know why their government has the right to kill them. and until we make that very clewe have more work to do. >> not necessarily john mccain out on the senate floor really going after senator rand paul, some of the remarks he made during his filibuster yesterday. >>
so we're continuing to root out more of the details about our policies and i can tell you, wolf, that this debate and in washington, d.c., it's just beginning and consistent with foreign soil. let's begin with yemen where the u.s. had an attack on anwar al awlaki. >> i can think of many instances, wolf, if you're talking about an american that is taking up arms against the united states, i can think of plenty of instances where our country needs to use lethal force to deal with that kind...